Re: [ihc] Robertshaw 'Stats, Anyone?

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

---It was less than a year ago that I visited the RS website in search of a
cut away diagram or some sort of explanation about this so-called bypass. I
bought a RS 180 (IIRC) from AutoZone and it did not have any small port or
anything, no valve that I could see. The package had been taped closed, so I
thought I was getting some customer's replacement product (thank you very
much) rather than what was supposed to be in the package. I didn't find any
diagrams or images of the RS thermostat, but what I did find was a link to
their partner companies and guess what, Stant was listed and the link took
me right to the Stant site. FWIW, I posted on the digest about it and if
anyone followed the links, if I posted them, which I believe I would have...
they would have gone to the same place that I did. At that point, I stated
in the message that Stant was the same company as Robert Shaw.

---I haven't found anything on Robert Shaw's site relating to thermostats,
though the site has the selection in their list, when I search, the results
come up nil. I did not perform an extensive search and did not even look for
a site map. It simply is not that important at the moment. About 8 mos. ago
when I put my motor back together, RS and Stant were* the same company. I
don't do drugs and I didn't have a smoker/grill at the time, so smoking
anything* was not an option. FWIW, I posted on the digest when I found this
info, and the URL may have even been included in that posting. I went to the
Robert Shaw site and under a link similar to "about us" or "product
information" were their partner companies. Stant was* listed and the Stant
logo was a link that took me to the Stant website.

---The reason I ended up going to the RS website is because the thermostat I
got from AutoZone had been taped closed and I wanted to get a look at the RS
thermostat so I could see if maybe mine was swapped out by a previous
customer. I didn't see any bypass on this thermostat and I wanted to see an
image on the RS site to compare it to. Not getting any response regarding a
site that had an image of the RS thermostat, left me to search on my own.

---Is this bypass/valve like the one on my/my wife's `93 Pathfinder? More or
less a hole with a check valve of some sort blocking it. Shake it and it
rattles... could be constructed using a ball bearing slightly larger than
the ID of the hole?

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark stegmann" <truckdriver_1977@domain.elided>
To: "IHdigest" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: RE: [ihc] Robertshaw 'Stats, Anyone?


> The shop I work at has sold Stant longer than I've
> worked there, and I've looked into it. Stant &
> Robertshaw are NOT the same company, unless one
> recently acquired the other.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --- John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided> wrote:
> > >At 10:06 PM -0600 12/4/03, Peter Ferris wrote:
> > >Lemme see...
> > >
> > >: ---Robert Shaw is nothing more than the
> > commercial line of
> > >: thermostats. If the auto parts store carries
> > Stant, then they
> > >: carry Robert Shaw. What's the difference between
> > Stant and
> > >: Robert Shaw? Robert Shaw is said to actuate at
> > the desired
> >
> > What have you been smoking, Pete? Most parts stores
> > carry Stant,
> > only a few carry Robert Shaw.
> >
> > >I was lead to believe there was/is a MECHANICAL
> > difference between the
> > >Robertshaw and 'anything else' (incl. Stant).
> >
> > There is a mechanical difference between the two
> > brands. I believe
> > that Stant used to make the correct thermostat, but
> > dropped it, and
> > now lists a replacement that doesn't shut off the
> > bypass opening when
> > it  opens.
> >
> > >
> > >Sooo, you're saying, Stant is the consumer version
> > and Robertshaw is the
> > >commercial version - made by the SAME company?
> >
> > I'd have to see the evidence of that.
> >
> > >But if I can find a Stant
> > >that's supposed to work, it will be form, fit &
> > function compatible? I
> > >didn't know that (but I ain't too old to learn...
> > <yet!>!).
> >
> > No, no, no.
> >
> > For a while Auto Zone seemed to be carrying the
> > Robert Shaw
> > thermostats but labeling them as their own. I
> > haven't checked lately.
> >
> > Perhaps the Fleckster has cornered the market. Good
> > for him.
> >
> > John
> > -- 
> > John Hofstetter
> > www.goldrush.com/~hofs
>
>
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